madrier
common noun
Syllable Decomposition
madrierwas madier in Old French with the sense of "a piece of wood that is part of the framing of a galley and rests on the keel". From Occitan madier, also attested in Venice in the form mader in the field of shipbuilding, equivalent, with a change of gender (see material), of Spanish madera, of Portuguese madeira ("wood"), of Latin materia (matter).
Definition
Plural
madriers
Translations
dutch:dikke plank
swedish:bräda